Mar 17, 2009

AGC of America

Several Northwest-based companies, or companies with Northwest offices, recently won Construction Safety Excellence awards from the Associated General Contractors of America. Poulsbo-based General Construction Co. won first place in the Heavy division and was recognized for its strong safety program and its overall safety performance during 2008. Other local first place winners included: PCL Construction, Municipal (700,001-1 million worker hours); Wildish Construction Co., Highway (300,001-700,000); PermaCold Engineering, Specialty (100,001-300,000); and Rosendin Electric, Specialty (over 1 million). Local second place winners included: BNBuilders, Building (300,001-700,000); and MWH Constructors, Construction Management (over 500,000). Kiewit Pacific Co. took third place in the Heavy (over 1 million) division.

Guy F. Atkinson Construction

Guy F. Atkinson Construction recently won two Roadway Work Zone Safety Awareness awards from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation for its work on the Interstate 405 widening design-build project in south Bellevue. The $124 million project, which included removal of the Wilburton Tunnel, received first place for its safety training programs and second place for public outreach. Paul Mayo is Atkinson’s project manager. Atkinson has a Northwest office in Renton.

MBA of Pierce County

Kawehi Papalimu of the Master Builders Association of Pierce County recently became one of a select group of building industry professionals nationwide to have earned the Certified Graduate Associate designation, identifying her as one of the building industry’s top professionals. The CGA program is administrated by the National Association of Home Builders University of Housing and is sponsored locally by the Master Builders Association of Pierce County and the Building Industry Association of Washington.

Sequoyah Electric

Redmond-based Sequoyah Electric has received a 2008 Gold Boeing Performance Excellence Award for electrical construction services. Boeing issues the award annually to suppliers who have achieved superior performance. Sequoyah maintained its gold performance rating for each month of the 12-month performance period.

Miles Sand & Gravel

Kevin Davis of Auburn’s Miles Sand & Gravel recently received the James M. Christie Safety & Health Professional Award for the company’s improved occupational safety record. The award was given last week by the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association at the aggregates industry’s annual awards ceremony. Davis, who heads Miles’ safety programs, provides training, guidance and counseling to all employees. He also established and manages several company-wide safety committees.

Fieldturf Construction

Fieldturf Construction opened a regional office in Wilsonville, Ore., to be closer to its West Coast clients. Billy Walker is heading up the 10-employee office as regional director of operations. Fieldturf, a major sports surfacing manufacturer, says it plans to open several other offices around the country in the coming months

Mar 10, 2009

Jackson Dean Construction

Seattle’s Jackson Dean Construction hired Roy Cali as a project manager in its Special Projects department. Cali has 23 years of project management, estimating and business development experience. He previously worked at Ginno Construction Co. in Coeur d’Alene and Poe Construction Co. in Auburn.

Central Washington University

A Central Washington University student team last week won second place in the commercial building division of the National Student Championship in San Diego. The event was sponsored by the Associated General Contractors of America. Twenty-one teams from colleges across the country competed in the competition, which tested students’ skills on bidding, planning and scheduling construction projects. The winner in the commercial building division was Colorado State University. Roger Williams University took third. In the heavy civil division, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo took first, the University of Oklahoma took second and Weber State University took third. The Milwaukee School of Engineering won the design-build division. Clemson University was second, followed by California State University, Long Beach.

AGC of America

The Associated General Contractors of America last week announced its new officers, including an Oregon contractor. The officers are: president J. Doug Pruitt, who is chairman and CEO of Sundt Construction in Tempe, Ariz.; senior vice president Ted Aadland, president of Aadland Evans Constructors in Portland; vice president Kristine Young, CEO of Miller the Driller in Des Moines, Iowa; and treasurer Samuel Hutchinson, president of Interface Construction of St. Louis. Aadland will become president in March of 2010. The AGC has 33,000 members

PSF Mechanical

PSF Mechanical promoted Jim Jarman and brothers Wayne and Chris Lawson. Wayne Lawson is now production manager. He is an 18-year veteran of the mechanical contracting industry and previously was piping superintendent at PSF. Chris Lawson was promoted to operations manager, where he oversees project management, production, purchasing, safety and balancing. He has been with PSF for 12 years, serving as production operations manager, field superintendent and foreman. Jarman is now a purchasing agent. He has been with the Seattle-based design-build firm since 2003.